Joan Gardy Artigas - 'Tauromachie chinoise', lithograph

'Tauromachie chinoise' is a beautiful, large lithograph by the Spanish artist Juan Gardy Artigas. In perfect condition. Dimensions: 83 x 60 cm. Signed in pencil and numbered out of 80 copies.


Juan Gardy-Artigas is the son of the renowned ceramist Josep Llorens Gardy, who executed Joan Miró's ceramics. Juan also soon began assisting in the realization of Miró's ceramics. For instance, together with his father, he created the monumental ceramic wall for the UNESCO building in Paris for Miró. In 1960, alongside his work as a ceramist for others, he began making his own sculptures in Paris. When his father's health deteriorated, he accepted Miró's request to return to Barcelona to continue executing Miró's ceramics there, a collaboration that would last until Miró's death. In 1981-1982, together with Miró, he created the 22-meter-high "Woman and Bird" fountain in Barcelona (see photo). Equally impressive is the gigantic sculpture he made at the French exit of Mont Blanc (see photo).

His large ceramic murals and sculptures are scattered throughout the world, including at Harvard University (Boston, USA), UNESCO (Paris), Fondation Maeght (St. Paul), the 1970 World's Fair in Osaka, Barcelona Airport, the Kunsthaus in Zurich, the IBM headquarters (Barcelona), and a 60-meter ceramic mural for the Palais des Expositions et des Congres de Madrid. Joan Gardy Artigas has exhibited in many European, Japanese, and American galleries and museums, including the Meadows Museum of Spanish Art at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, the Hispanic Institute in New York, and Galerie Lelong in Paris. In 1996, a major retrospective of his work was held in Barcelona. In 1998, a major exhibition was held at the Fundació Miró in Palma de Mallorca documenting Miró's collaboration with father and son Artigas.

The selection also includes a catalogue from Galerie Maeght in Zurich on the sculptures of Gardy-Artigas (see photos).

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